Federal agents look over records at Spring Valley Village Hall on Tuesday. The village has been subpoenaed following a bribery scandal in which the mayor and deputy mayor have been charged.

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SPRING VALLEY - While Mayor Noramie Jasmin is seeking cash contributions to defend herself against federal charges in a bribery scheme, taxpayers will pick up the tab for separate lawyers the village has hired to handle a federal subpoena for records.

Village trustees said Tuesday that they're lobbying to earmark about $400,000 in reserve funds for legal costs associated with the subpoena and to defend village employees if they're called to testify before a grand jury. The reserve funds would have been used to balance next year's budget without a tax increase, but the new plan would raise ...